President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Sunday Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis is being considered for secretary of defense. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/800332639844659201 Trump’s transition team reported that Vice-President elect Mike Pence and Trump were “very impressed” by Mattis and called him the “real deal” in a readout provided to reporters. The readout continued, “They had an incredibly in-depth conversation on…